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WAYNE AUGUSTUS GRANT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 7, 1946 – October 26, 1967
Service recordWayne Augustus Grant, of Morgan, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 74
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Morgan, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 74
- DENNIS JEROME FRIESPrivate First Class · October 26, 1967
- DAVID SCOTT GRIFFINSpecialist Four · October 26, 1967
- SAMUEL L HUNTWarrant Officer 1 · October 26, 1967
- GERALD HOWARD SLINGERLANDSpecialist Four · October 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALEXANDER NICH DIGUARDIASpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 73
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.